Carrot Family

Yampah

July-Aug

Grasslands

Apiaceae

Perideridia kelloggii

"Greek: For around the neck"

"A. Kellog, California's first botanist"

Yampah is common in the grasslands near the monument on Pine Ridge and other places along Hobb's Road. A related species P. californica grows in wet places near streams. The plant is 1-2' tall with a white flower head 2-3" across.

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